2018-10-24 12:09 - I Swear I'm Not Trolling, This Movie's Actually Good - linkDespite knowing for ages about the existence of Troll 2, for some reason it never occurred to me until I read this article that there must have been an original Troll movie. It actually sounds interesting, in a sort of Pan's Labyrinth-esque way.

2018-10-16 12:05 - Gull's From Hell and John's From Glasgow - linkOoh, this is a juicy one. How exactly did Walter Sickert get pulled into the Ripper theory universe? I ask because the most memorable Ripper book I've read so far (which is admittedly not a lot) is Patricia Cornwall's one where she accuses him of ...

2018-10-09 10:35 - Military Monsters In Alien Costumes - linkThis really brings me back to my youthful UFOlogy days. I remember encountering the "MILAB" idea back in the day, and your exact objections to it, and being fascinated by it. The way psychology and culture intersect to create these shifting delusions is re...

2018-10-08 19:28 - Save vs. Libel, Pt. 2: The Rumour Dies, the Scars Remain - linkThis is an interesting collection of articles. I was vaguely aware of the individual pieces of the story, but had never had the whole narrative laid out chronologically before. It got me thinking about what today's equivalent is, and the conclusio...

2018-10-08 13:13 - GOGathon: What a Lovely Thing I've Seen In the Black Mirror! - linkI've got you beat on the "castles with strange names that coincidentally resemble sci-fi properties" front: there's a castle in Ireland called Castle Matrix. The name appears to be a clumsy Anglicization of the original Irish name. I've been curio...

2018-10-03 20:03 - All My Friends Know the Pale Rider... - linkI think I'm going to add this to my ever-expanding reading list... I almost get nostalgic for these vintage, pre-internet conspiracy theories. When you compare them to the Qanon nonsense doing the rounds at the moment (last time I checked in on th...

2018-10-03 00:30 - Always Be Purging - linkIf I remember correctly, Purge insurance is in fact brought up a few times as a booming industry, although how exactly it works is never explained. Maybe the reason the franchise never moved beyond murder is because any other crime would force you...

2018-10-02 16:57 - Always Be Purging - linkYeah, the "no government officials" thing was clearly invented for Election Year, just so it could then be rescinded as part of the plot. Election Year also addresses the bank thing, by claiming that they move all of their money to secure, undiscl...

2018-10-01 21:56 - A Very Specific Level of Scepticism - linkWhen I was a kid and into my early teens, I had an intense fascination with paranormal activity of all kinds, primarily UFOs. Much like kids experiencing professional wresting for the first time, I took it as a given that there was some underlying truth to...

2018-09-23 13:55 - An Anthology Series So Good Even Stephen Jones Can't Ruin It - linkI'm currently reading the 25th Anniversary Edition of this that came out in 2013, and I'm happy to report that Stephen Jones' bad habits seem to have continued. The big pointless opening spiel and the typos are still there. Also, the collection (a...

2018-09-09 00:00 - The Sega Mascot History Tour - linkMan, reading this article gave me a real nostalgia blast. I was a Sega kid growing up and loved the Sonic games, but replaying them years later (and playing Sonic Mania) revealed that they just weren't that good. The entire idea of Sonic being fas...